KVET (1300 kHz) is an Austin, Texas AM radio station. It is owned by iHeartMedia, and carries a sports radio format with both local sports shows and programming from Fox Sports Radio. KVET uses a directional antenna, broadcasting at 5,000 watts to the northwest over the Texas Hill Country during the daytime and 1,000 watts to the south over central Austin at night. The transmitter site is just a few miles north of downtown, on Metric Boulevard. KVET shares studios and offices with four other sister stations in the Penn Field complex in the South Congress district (or "SoCo") of south central Austin, within walking distance of St. Edward's University. History Austin's third radio station With the end of World War II, a group of ten Texas veterans organized as the Austin Broadcasting Company and pooled their resources to start a radio station in Austin. After obtaining a construction permit on December 13, 1945, they chose a call sign that included the word "vet". KVET signed on the air on October 1, 1946; the ownership group included future Texas Governor John Connally and future Congressman Jake Pickle. As Austin's third radio station upon launch, KVET was a network affiliate of the Mutual Broadcasting System, and Connally served as KVET's president and general manager. Unusual for its day, KVET also included programming for Austin's minority communities. Spanish-language news and music was heard on . Music and news for African American listeners was heard on The Elmer Akins Gospel Train. In the 1950s, even more diversity was added to the lineup when Lavada Durst introduced Austin to R&B and "Jive Talk" on KVET's nighttime Dr. Hepcat Show. Noche de Fiesta and Dr. Hepcat were phased out in the 1960s, but the Gospel Train was on the air on KVET for many years after. Connally sold his stake in the station to manager Willard Deason, among the founders of KVET, in 1955. The "Country Giant" During most of the 1960s, KVET featured a full service middle of the road music format, with a strong emphasis on news and sports programming. The music of Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Nat King Cole and Barbra Streisand, plus Paul Harvey commentary, the Joe Pyne show, and Houston Astros baseball were all part of the mix. In the middle of this time period, the FCC approved two major changes within 10 days of each other: a power increase